||Without You..||A Sandhir FF-Updated Pg23 Chapter 9 - Page 5

The rain just got heavier...and with that all hope of getting a lift washed away from Sanyukta's mind...she thought of calling Jiggy, so that he can drop her home along with Kaustuki...just as she was about to dial Jiggy's number, she felt a shed above her head ...she looked up and saw that someone was holding an umbrella, shedding her from the rain...it was then she noticed the person...her heart skipped a bit...it was Randhir !

"You will never change...I was always right...an idiot will always remain an idiot...it has been raining since past 3 days...and you had to go out without an umbrella..."

"Don't you dare call me an idiot..."Sanyukta retorted back... " It did not look like it will rain today when I left, and I had a car too...leave me alone and remove that stupid smirk from your face"

"Yes you had a car , which I can see has broken down...So just shut up Sanyukta, and come with me...I will drop you home", Randhir replied..

"I can go on my own...you don't have to bother"..

"Stop arguing ...you will fall ill standing in the rain for so long...i can't let you catch pneumonia.."

"Why do you care?" Sanyukta yelled back..

"Because, I can't fight with a sick person...i need you to be alright...because I need to fight with you..."without waiting for a reply from Sanyukta, he just took her hand dragged her towards his car... "Sit..."he ordered as he opened the car's door..

"Wait..."replied Sanyukta

"Sanyukta...please.."began Randhir

" I will drive..." Sanyukta cut off Randhir.. " Give me the keys..."

"Why? Its my car...i will drive.."Randhir replied incredulously

"I don't want to get caught by police for drinking and driving...since you have almost emptied every bottle in the bar and you stink of alcohol, you really have no choice..."Sanyukta replied as she snatched the car keys from Randhir's hands...

Randhir sat down grumpily at the passenger's seat while Sanyukta started the car...

All through the journey, Randhir kept giving furtive glances at Sanyukta...he waited for her to speak something...anything...did not matter if she again picked up a fight...he just wanted hear her voice..again...his intoxicated brain kept on replaying the events of the evening...her taunts, his words, their fight, their kiss...

But Sanyukta kept quiet...her heart wanted to say a lot, but her mind made her keep quiet...she wanted back all those days when they would fight mindlessly but then make up immediately...it had always been very hard for both of them to accept their mistakes...both were strong minded and both felt that it was a sign of weakness to apologize...but after every fight they had , they could never stay apart , they always ended up hugging each other...but this time it was not to happen...this time it was different...She kept her focus on the road, as rain fell incessantly , fogging the windshield...she tried to ignore the presence of Randhir beside her...tried to shut out the evening's events...

She pulled into the driveway as she reached her place... she turned round to look at Randhir...this was the first time she looked at him all through the journey...

"Umm...Randhir ...we have reached..mind getting out"...Sanyukta said..

Randhir glanced at her and got out of the car, slamming the door...

" Give me the keys...I have to go back"..Randhir said breaking his silence

"No you are not...I can't let you drive back..."

"Huh...why not?...do you think I will sleep on the roadside the whole night...don't act stupid...give me my keys...I need to go home"Randhir replied..

"Have you seen yourself?...you are not even being able to utter a sentence without slurring ...i don't want you to go drunk driving and crashing the car...police stations and hospitals are really not my thing..."Sanyukta replied back

"Why do you care?..."Randhir retorted back

" Because I cannot fight with a person locked up in jail or someone tied to a hospital bed...i need you to be alright..."Sanyukta replied back

I can't believe it she is repeating my words back on me...thought Randhir amused

"Don't just stand here...come with me..."Sanyukta said and dragged Randhir along with her...

Sanyukta unlocked the door of her flat...as Randhir entered the flat he looked around...it was the first time he has come to this flat...after they broke up, Sanyukta had moved out of their place and had come to live here...while Randhir also left their home and went back to his old place, which once belonged to his dad...it had become impossible for him to stay at their place...the house they had built together...dreamed of living together...spending their whole life together...After Sanyukta left , every room, every corner of their house reminded him of her...it had become unbearable for him...

"Here take these clothes...go and change...else you will fall ill"Sanyukta said handing him some clothes...her voice broke his reverie...Randhir saw she has changed into a pair of T-shirt and pyjama looking adorable, her wet hair fell over her face...making her look even more beautiful...he wanted to pull her in his arms and hug her, never letting her go again...

Randhir looked at the clothes she had handed out to him...

"Hey these are my T-shirt and pyjama...how did you get them?"Randhir asked surprised

"Umm...actually these came with me by mistake along with my clothes..."Sanyukta said feeling uncomfortable..

"Seriously?...and you kept it with you?...i am surprised you did not throw these in trash..."laughed Randhir

"I meant to...just did not get time"...said Sanyukta irritated... "Please go to that room and change...and here is a towel...you might need this too"... Sanyukta dumped the towel in his hands and showed the way to the spare room..

Randhir smirked at her and went to the room...leaving Sanyukta a bit confused and awkward..

Feeling drained and tired out Sanyukta made her way to the kitchen...she felt she needed some coffee before retiring to bed...also the thought of having Randhir sleeping in the room next to her was unnerving...she knew sleep would be a distant affair tonight...

"Hmm...I should make some coffee for Randhir too...maybe he will feel better if he have some too...after all he has also become drenched.." Sanyukta thought as she prepared coffee for herself

She left the kitchen with Randhir's coffee and made her way to his room...she decided to knock before entering the room...

She knocked twice hard...but when she got no response she quietly opened the door...and looked inside tentatively...she saw , Randhir was sprawled across the bed, fast asleep...half his body was on the floor...his shoes and wet clothes scattered across the room...

Sanyukta could not help but smile looking at the dishevelled Randhir ...A soft light from the beside lamp fell across his face , she noticed that he had slight frown on his face... she went near his bed softly , after placing the coffee on the bed side table , she took Randhir's hand which was hanging off the bed touching the floor, and tried to tuck him in...she pushed him and tried to make him lie properly on the bed, in the process, she fell over him...as she was moving away from him, suddenly she felt a strong pair of arms around her waist making her fall over him again...Randhir in his sleep had pulled Sanyukta towards him ...she felt his warm breath on her face...she tried to pull herself away from him, but his hold was like iron band...however hard she tried she just could not release herself...finding herself so close to him was disconcerting for her...his alcohol mixed breath on her face made her feel intoxicated...she put her head on Randhir's chest...she found solace in his soft heartbeat, the peace which had left her that fateful day when she had left Randhir forever washed over her again...she felt safe and secure in his arms, she was home...a few drops of tears formed in her eyes as she closed them...she did not know when sleep took over her...

Rain kept falling all through the night ... their cups of coffee lay forgotten as they slept in each other's arms peacefully .

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The first rays of the morning light fell on Sanyukta's face, breaking her sleep...she felt disoriented realising she was not in her bed on her pillow...rather she was sprawling across someone's chest ...She looked up tentatively and saw Randhir still sleeping peacefully, and he was still holding her securely, the frown on his face had disappeared ...the events of last night flashed past her mind, reminding her of everything that happened...she cursed herself in her mind for getting trapped in such a situation, and decided to get up before Randhir wakes up...very carefully she removed Randhir's arms around her...to her relief she found that his hold had loosened and she was successful finally in getting up...a part of her wanted to remain there forever...but she knew she could not...she hurried out of the room careful enough not to wake up Randhir...

As Randhir got up from his sleep...he felt a terrible headache taking over him...he looked around groggily , taking into the unfamiliar surroundings...he slowly remembered last night's events...a pain shot through his head and he groaned...

"God!..wish I had not drank so much...this hangover will kill me" ...he thought...as he got up from his bed to get dressed, he felt something falling from his T-shirt...he bent down to pick it up...it was a hairclip...

"When did I wear a hair clip?...this can't be mine?...umm..does that mean this is Sanyukta's ...but her hair clip on my T-shirt?... that's weird...i am sure Sanyukta was not in this room when I went to sleep...maybe this clip was already there when I wore it ...Wait a minute!..." Randhir spoke to himself

"This is the same clip she wore yesterday evening at the party...does that mean she came to the room yesterday?..."

As Randhir sat down on the bed, he felt a stab of pain again in his head...his throat felt dry and he reached out for a glass of water he saw was kept at the bedside table...only when he reached out to have that...he noticed a card was placed infront of it...he picked it up and read it...

"WHETHER TO DRINK IT OR NOT IS UPTO YOU. YOU CAN SURE IGNORE THIS. BUT IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HEAD THEN IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU DON'T IGNORE."

Sanyukta had placed a glass of lime water on the table guessing that Randhir would wake up and will need it to overcome the hangover...Randhir made a face reading it and immediately groaned as the pain shot up in his head...he had a small battle in his mind between his ego and good sense about whether to throw the lime water or drink it...finally as another bout of pain shot through this head...he let his good sense win the battle and drank the water...he felt much better after he had it...it was then he noticed another odd thing...there on the bedside table was a cup of coffee, which had turned stone cold...

"Coffee?...this looks like it has been here all night...damn ! what the hell happened last night!...i can't remember anything after I came inside this room...first that hair clip now this coffee..."Randhir thought feeling thoroughly confused and also a bit scared...he knew that the only way to find out what happened was to ask Sanyukta...and he absolutely hated the idea... "Spending the night here was a terrible mistake..." he cursed himself in his mind...

He walked out of the room after getting dressed properly...there was absolute silence in the flat...there was no sign of Sanyukta...even though he was impatient to talk to her, to know what happened last night...he decided to wait for her...he looked around the house...it was a quaint little flat...decorated in a very simple manner...just like Sanyukta...he always loved her simple tastes...there was a huge book case covering one part of the living room hall...and mostly it was filled with books on engineering...her passion...no...their passion...he really missed working with her...he went upto the book case and started to browse through it...when he heard Sanyukta's voice...

"Damn ! I am late...how the hell will I reach office in time now..." She was talking to herself but loudly ...

Amused Randhir turned around...he saw Sanyukta looking absolute gorgeous in her formals, with a frown on her face was cursing her fate ...while trying to arrange her files...a few papers fell down scattering on the floor...angrily she kept her files on the floor and bent down to pick up the papers...Randhir went forward to help her...

Sanyukta noticed Randhir coming forward...she immediately became quiet...as Randhir helped her arranging the papers ...he decided to break the silence

"Sanyukta ...can I ask you something?"

"Randhir , I am getting late...i have meeting to attend"Sanyukta replied back...

"I will drop you to your office...i am also leaving now..."

"No need...I will take a cab..."

" Sanyukta...i need just five minutes..."Randhir replied now getting irritated with Sanyukta's broken replies..

"Ok...tell what you want..."

" Sanyukta...what happened last night?"Randhir asked after pausing a bit..

"What happened? Why? You don't remember?...you threw a party...I crashed it..you came to drop me...you were too drunk..."

"Ah I remember all those...what happened after we came here?"

Sanyukta looked at him curiously... " Umm...you fell asleep"

"I fell asleep just like that?...nothing happened?..." Randhir asked surprised..

"Why the hell are you asking all these?"Sanyukta asked , now she got irritated

"If nothing happened...then how the hell this hairclip was stuck on my shirt?...and what was a cup of coffee doing on the table..."Randhir in his impatience held Sanyukta by her arms and shook her...

Sanyukta bit her lips as she saw the clip in Randhir's hands...she mentally kicked herself for not removing the coffee from the table and for not checking if she had left anything before leaving the room...

"Err...I wanted to have some coffee...but as I was going to my room I saw you had not switched off the light ...i went inside your room to switch it off...but while doing so I kept the coffee on the table...after that I was feeling sleepy and I forgot about the coffee..."Sanyukta made up this crap story, praying to god Randhir does not catch her lie..

Randhir looked at her suspiciously and said "What about this clip?"

"Oh that!...i must have dropped it in the dark when I came to your room" she added hurriedly...

"I suppose I should believe it...you sure you are not hiding anything?" Randhir asked still suspicious

"Why should I hide anything? ...and what did you think happened last night?...you think something happened between us?...you know what Mr Randhir Singh Shekhawat ...nothing can ever happen anything between us...after what you did ...you think I will ever let anything happen?"Sanyukta flared up...she could not help it...she knew she was lying to him...but she hated Randhir for doubting her...hated him for questioning her...

"What did I do Sanyukta?...that you keep blaming me?"Randhir said clenching his jaws...

"Do I have to remind you again?...You killed our child"Sanyukta said coldly..a tear trickled down her eyes

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Ok...so here ends my 4th Chapter ...and I have revealed a HUGE part of their reason of the divorce😳...I hope I have not disappointed you all with this update 😕...because of my office and all I don't really get time to write ...I am really sorry for keeping all of you waiting for this update...I will try to update sooner...😳...

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